The extremely-popular Korean MMORPG Lineage II has gotten another update, entitled Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood. Latest in the Lineage II saga, the update makes the game friendlier than before, featuring two huge new regions to explore, new items, creatures, quests and mini-games. It also features refinements to many aspects of the game as well as an increased level cap.
Chronicle 5 will launch on September 6 and will be free to subscribers. The game is available in stores, priced £20.
South Koreans have filed a lawsuit against NCSoft, charging the company for identity theft. Lawyers in the country have filed the lawsuit on behalf of over 230,000 victims, claiming damages of about $1,000 for each plaintiff whose identity was stolen.
The identity thefts took place over the past few months as underground syndicates stole victims’ Korean ID numbers in hacking attacks and used them to register fake accounts in Lineage. These accounts were then ‘farmed’ by low-paid workers in Chinese gaming sweatshops to generate ‘gold’ and other items which were then sold as real-world items for real-world cash.
NCSoft has denied responsibility for the thefts, saying that they registered the accounts in ‘good faith’.
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